“Of course I’m not less experienced in taking care of children than you, but since the matter is in front of me, I can’t avoid it,” Wang Tianxiao felt there was no point in talking to this old lady. Her thinking was completely fixed and could not be changed by his words.
He paused slightly, then continued calmly, "You want to take her back simply because the man she likes can't afford a sufficient dowry, right?"
The old lady wanted to refuse, but seeing Wang Tianxiao looking at her mockingly, she raised her chin and said, "So what if I do? I raised her all these years, and now she's going to be a member of the family. Shouldn't she give me some child support?"
"How many?"
"Huh...what?"
"I mean, how much child support do you think is appropriate?"
"So, you're going to pay for this?"
"This is not your concern. Let's not waste time on this pointless arguing. Since you're not here to reminisce, there's no mother-daughter bond or sibling relationship here. All that's left is a naked entanglement of money and interests."
Wang Tianxiao glanced at Wu Qiancai and said, "Since things have come to this, let's not beat around the bush and waste time talking. Just tell me, how much money do you need?"
The old lady and her three sons probably didn't expect things to be so simple; they were probably thinking they would argue for a long time.
Suddenly asked about the amount by Wang Tianxiao, the four of them were a little confused and started whispering among themselves.
While they were talking, Shi Huanhuan's father stood there dumbfounded, not saying a word.
He seemed eager to pass through the door and catch a glimpse of his daughter, but Li Yali closed the door tightly when she brought Shi Huanhuan inside, so he couldn't see anything.
Old Man Shi's face was full of bitterness.
Wang Tianxiao saw this and felt a little sorry for him, but he didn't want to pay any attention to him.
Wang Tianxiao finally understood that this was how the times were; the emotions between people were still stuck in a very primitive moral system.
Children are forced to obey their parents and have little autonomy. If they insist on choosing to live their own lives, they will be held hostage by their parents with the excuse of filial piety and gratitude for raising them. In severe cases, they may even be forced to leave their mothers with nowhere to live, just like Shi Huanhuan's mother did.
Shi Huanhuan's father may love his daughter, but he is far inferior to Li Yali's father.
Grandpa Li Wanfu also felt sorry for the girl, but he did not restrict her from being with people in the village who had hostile feelings towards her, and he hardly asked for any dowry.
After getting married, despite his daughter's impoverished life, he continued to provide her with food and drink, even at the risk of being verbally attacked by his in-laws.
Therefore, Wang Tianxiao always felt that he owed the two elderly people too much in his previous life.
But Shi Huanhuan's father was too weak. He had no status in the family and it was unclear whether he was a live-in son-in-law. Judging from his timid and hesitant manner, even if his daughter was sold, he would only feel sad and wouldn't do much.
Over here, the old lady and her three sons had finished their discussion.
“We raised her for sixteen years, so even if we calculate it at one hundred yuan per year, it’s not too much for me to ask for a dowry of one thousand six hundred yuan, is it?” the old lady said.
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Wow, so many!
Wu Qiancai was shocked.
“Auntie, this dowry is too much. The market price is only a few hundred yuan. No one has ever asked for so much. Where am I going to get such a sum of money for you?”
Upon hearing the figure of 1,600 yuan, Wu Qiancai was utterly shocked.
I shouted it out instinctively.
This price is really too high.
Wang Tianxiao frowned as well; he hadn't expected the old lady to be so shameless.
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